On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:38:19 -0600, you wrote: >At 17:12 -0800 31.10.2003, David Silberstein wrote: > > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, lazarus wrote: > > > > >Well, I live in San Diego. We came through the fires okay, although > > >it was a /very/ close thing. Three blocks from here, actually. > > > > And it is good that you are well. > > > > >What was cool, however, was Tuesday. I finally got to see exactly > > >what The Empire looks like, as we had an amazing low dense cloud > > >cover, orangish red, which cast a strange tint on everything. It was > > >really bizarre. > >Yes, I thought of the Enclouding, too. I was in turmoil here in Wisconsin, >because my parents were evacuated on Sunday from the house I grew up in (in >Valley Center *on* Paradise Mountain). We didn't know until Wednesday >afternoon if our house was okay. As it turns out, the fire came racing up >our canyon, destroyed a tool shed 50 feet from our house at the edge of the >back lawn, but the firefighters managed to completely save the house, not a >charred mark anywhere. The hillsides and fruit trees and avocados and >grapes and a little bit of the lawn are gone, but the house is perfect. >Amazing. > >Several of our neighbors weren't so lucky, though. > Dear heavens, that's close. I imagine they had the brush cleared well away from the house beforehand, then. Too many houses neglected to keep an clear area, and the fire fighters weren't able to save them. > > Pictures would be cool. GIF, JPG (TIFF, PNG)? > >There are some awesome pictures (and some duds as well) at a local news >page, http://www.kgtv.com/ -- click on 'slideshows' or 'viewer photos'. >Many of them show the "enclouding" effect amazingly well. Check also the amazing time lapse video at that link. They showed it last night on the news. -- laz I am the Dread Pirate Roberts #23546. Ask me about franchise opportunities!